Burnelli Lifting body planes

[eagle4]

I know you guys like wierd and wonderful shapes of flying machines (flying box anyone?) I was wondering if you would be interested in making a Burnelli Lifting Body Plane.

maybe something like the UB-14
http://www.aircrash.org/burnelli/images/ub14_v7.jpg

http://www.aircrash.org/burnelli/ch_ub14.htm

here are some plans for a rubber band powered one, i'm sure it wouldnt be tricky to convert this to a foam version
http://www.aircrash.org/burnelli/pdf/mod_oa1.pdf

 

[colorex]

Yeah, That shouldn't be too hard. Now that we know Chad's amazing skills!

 

[rtcapo]

Here are a few more links to inspire you...

UB-14 Red Devil 3d Animation study
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wNO1OP36B8

Burnelli Airliner noise study for manuscript
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfc--VV8Q4c

Burnelli News Story FOX29 WFLX 1999
http://vimeo.com/6382632

I might have given it away, but I have been a Burnelli enthusiast for awhile now.

rtc

 

[eagle4]

With the potential for it to have a slow stall speed and high lift charastictics this could be a new chase plane. Just sayin'

 

[Airwolf]

That's very cool airplane!

But if it comes to lifting bodies - I think that space shuttle program lifting bodies were way more interesting: